{"id":194705,"date":"2014-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194705"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:51:53","slug":"auto-insert-194705","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194705\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of State daily press briefing &#8211; Middle East peace process &#8211; Non-UN document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Marie Harf<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Deputy Spokesperson<br \/>\nDaily Press Briefing<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>March 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Index for Today&#39;s Briefing<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223275.htm\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223632.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223805.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223870.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><u>MIDDLE EAST PEACE<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">Arab League \/ Negotiations \/ Ambassador Indyk<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#2f2f2f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>QUESTION: <\/strong>Can we go to the Palestinian-Israeli?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>MS. HARF: <\/strong>Sure. And then we&#8217;re doing the row behind you.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong>&nbsp;Okay. Very quickly, in the last few days tensions have gone up a notch, with the Israelis announcing more settlement housing and then raiding the refugee camp in Jenin and killing three Palestinians. And I know that the special envoy, Ambassador Indyk, met with both Abbas and Erekat. Could you update us on what is going on?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>MS. HARF: <\/strong>Well, there&#8217;s really nothing new to update you on. We are in dialogue with both parties. We have said that we&#8217;re getting very close to the time when really tough decisions have to be made. And we know we&#8217;re up against time here, right? We&#8217;ve talked a lot about this since we restarted talks nine &#8211; almost nine months ago now. So we&#8217;re still working towards a framework, towards what that will look like in getting both parties at the table operating under that framework, but we&#8217;re not there yet.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;Could you share with us if you have any information on the 29<\/span><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:5pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#2f2f2f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;of March deadline for the release of Palestinian prisoners? Because Palestinian Authority President Abbas is making this a big issue, and he&#8217;s saying we are not even going to go the full nine months if these Palestinian prisoners are not released, while on the other hand we heard the minister of justice saying that if the Palestinians don&#8217;t agree to going further in the talks we may not release them. Do you have any comment on that?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>MS. HARF: <\/strong>I don&#8217;t, Said. As we&#8217;ve said throughout this process, both parties have made courageous decisions throughout it to move the process forward. And I just don&#8217;t have anything on that specific for you.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong>&nbsp;Do you have any specifically to say about the incident in Jenin?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;color:#2f2f2f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>MS. HARF: <\/strong>I don&#8217;t. I&#8217;m happy to check with our folks. I don&#8217;t, though. Let me see if I have &#8212;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#2f2f2f;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>\/&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223870.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE\" style=\"text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/dpb\/2014\/03\/223870.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marie Harf Deputy Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC March 24, 2014 Index for Today&#39;s Briefing \/&#8230; MIDDLE EAST PEACE&nbsp;&nbsp; Arab League \/ Negotiations \/ Ambassador Indyk&nbsp;&nbsp; \/&#8230; QUESTION: Can we go to the Palestinian-Israeli? MS. HARF: Sure. And then we&#8217;re doing the row behind you. 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